Stepford

形容词 adj. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Docile, unthinking and conformist. not-comparable
    — “He called you a boring Stepford wife.” A boring Stepford wife, Molly thought. For a moment it seemed to her that she was once more in prison, eating the tasteless food, hearing the click of locks, lying awake for sleepless night after sleepless night.
  2. Attractive but lacking any character. not-comparable
    — The woman seated behind the table looked up at him, smiling a Stepford smile. "Would you like to buy a chance to win a new Blazer? It's only five dollars." Rich shook his head, moved away from the table. "Not today."
专有名词
  1. A surname. countable,uncountable
  2. A placename countable,uncountable
  3. A placename:; A locality in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX8681). countable,uncountable

词形变化

Stepfords plural

词汇关系

相关词
Deppford wife Stepfordesque Stepfordian Stepford wife

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *stapjaną
Proto-West Germanic *stappjan
Old English stæppan
Middle English steppen
English step
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Indo-European *pértus
Proto-Germanic *furduz
Proto-West Germanic *furdu
Old English ford
English ford
English Stepford
From step + ford.
词源 2
From the fictional place name Stepford. After the fictional suburb in the 1972 novel The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, and in two films of the same name based on the novel.
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